Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
Bloomfield, Missouri – The Bell City Cubs traveled to Bloomfield Tuesday evening to play the Wildcats on their home court.
“We played as good as half as we have all year the first two periods of tonight’s game,” commented Coach Jason Karnes, Head Basketball Coach for the Wildcats. “I thought we got a little sloppy and didn’t guard as well as what we could have the second half,” He continued.
Brett Ruch #21 scored 21 points followed by Austin Williamson #22 with 15 and Caleb Baker #2 with 11 points for the game.
With the Wildcats improving their record to 11-10 on the season, Coach said, “We are still searching for a level of consistency that will allow us to compete at a high level. Back to practice tomorrow as we have to prepare for a very good Puxico team!”
Bell City had two players in double digits. Jared Yates scored 20 points for the Cubs along with McKenzie Vires who scored 12 points.
Final score Bloomfield Wildcats 70 Bell City Cubs 52
Bloomfield Wildcats will travel to Puxico on Friday night, February 1st. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Jessica Snider, SMT Writer
Dexter, Missouri - Yesterday afternoon the Dexter Lady Bearcat Basketball Team hit the road to Jackson, Missouri to take on a private school, the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders. With both teams being highly ranked, coaches and players knew it was a competition not to be taken lightly.
Like every game, the Dexter Lady Bearcats take on the court determined and ready to win. No matter the competitor, their hard work shines through during the game.
In last night's regular season game against the Crusadors, the Bearcats handled it like they would any other game. Everyone knew it wouldn't be an easy victory to walk away with, but with the Dexter fans filing in the gym, the Bearcats knew they were highly supported.
In last night's match-up, many Bearcats were included as they worked hard to get the victory. The Lady Bearcats were not fearful of their competitor as they played great defense and offense for all four quarters.
Senior Brittany Harris came out very strong last night for the Lady Bearcats and walked away as the leading scorer on the team. Harris delivered 22 points for her team in last night's competition. Alison Jarrell also came out offensively strong as she contributed 14 points to the scoreboard last night.
After being up by ten at halftime, the Lady Bearcats came out in the third quarter and continued playing their same game. They kept a lead over the Crusaders and ended up taking the victory 61-52.
Congratulations to the Dexter Lady Bearcats on their victory over the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders!
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
"Bernie has a very good JV team. Coach Long does a great job with them and they came prepared," commented Coach Shawn Guethle of the Dexter Bearcats.
Guethle stated, "The Bernie pressure defense really frustrated us at times and we let them make a few runs."
Dexter had two JV players in double digits. Ethan Flowers #24 led the Bearcats with 13 points and Cole Renken #33 had 12 points in the game.
"Overall I thought we did a better job finding Caleb Ellenburg (#11 Mule) tonight unlike when we played at Bernie a few weeks ago, but he is a great player and finds ways to get involved." Bernie's Caleb Ellenburg seemed quite unstoppable with 24 points in the game.
"I was also proud that we kept plugging away and were able to close the gap a little in the second half. We play a lot of freshman on the JV team and this was by far the biggest atmosphere they have ever played in so I think it was a good learning experience for us." said Guethle.
Final Score Dexter Bearcats 46 Bernie Mules 53
Bearcats: Blake Horton 4, Austin Aldridge 6, Noah Kronk 4, Austin Chesser 2, Jacob Pediog 5, Ethan Flowers 13, Cole Renken 12.
Mules:Austin Beck 7, Matt Vernon 10, Caleb Ellenburg 24, Brandon Sparks 6, Devin Tramell 6.
The JV Bearcats will be back in action tonight, January 29th at the Bearcat Event Center. Game time 6:00 p.m. This is a make-up game with Puxico as it was cancelled due to bad weather a couple of weeks ago.
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter Varsity Wrestling Bearcats traveled back to Priory High School in St Louis, Missouri to defend their 1st place finish from a year ago.
The Bearcats started off strong and held a commanding 50-point lead after the first three rounds over host Priory and Winfield rounding out the top 3 teams in the field of eight.
Our wrestlers continued their strong showing in the fourth round heading into the final round with a comfortable lead, but the final round was a different story.
“In the final round we lost some matches that we were winning due to getting out of position and silly mistakes,” stated Coach Sneed.
“You can’t be making mistakes like this as we prepare for the final week of the season and Districts being right around the corner,” Coach continued to explain.
Dexter held on to win for the second consecutive year finishing with 334 points, Winfield 307 and host Priory finishing with 290 points.
Thirteen of Dexter’s fourteen wrestlers placed in the top four with Jr. Trevor Waldner, now 38-2 on the season winning the 132 lb bracket. Congratulations to Trevor!
The Bearcats will be back in action this Tuesday evening, January 29th as they host a triad with NMCC and Sikeston starting at 5:00 p.m.
This will be Senior Night for the Dexter Bearcat Wrestlers, as they will be honored before the matches begin. This will be a perfect opportunity to watch an extraordinary wrestling team if you have not had the chance. They are about to end their season soon with State Championships just around the corner! Good Luck Bearcat Wrestlers!
Submitted by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
Charleston, MO - The Dexter Lady Bearcats played in the "Coaches Against Cancer" Shootout on Saturday afternoon at Charleston High School. They took on the St. Joseph Academy Angels who are currently ranked number 2 in class 5 in the state of Missouri.
The Lady Cats got off to a great start with a 3 point basket by Allison Jarrell, an old fashion 3-point play by Paige Patterson, and an acrobatic basket by Brittany Harris to take a quick 8-0 lead.
The Angels went to their "bread and butter" 6' 3" Sydney Stipanovich the next few time down the floor to cut the Dexter lead to just two points. Hannah Noe and Erica Cobb made a three each to increase the lead back to 8 before Erin Nelson scored 5 of her game high 21 to cut into the Dexter advantage. After a Mollie Whitehead basket and some scores by St. Joseph Academy, the first quarter ended at 18-15 Dexter.
The Lady Cats increased their lead at the half to 6 on baskets by Harris, Melanie McKuin, Erica Cobb, Katelynn Frazier (on a nifty drive) and a three by Noe. Whitehead added two free throws to make the half-time margin 31-25.
Not happy about the deficit the St. Joseph Academy Ladies increased the defensive intensity to start the third quarter. The Lady Cats were only able to get a basket from Frazier, while the Angels scored 8 to tie the game at 33. St. Joe took their first lead on a basket by Susie Schmark but Erica Cobb came right back with a 3 to give the lead back to Dexter. The rest of the quarter was a 'see-saw" affair with the Angels able to take a 42-41 lead into the final period.
Brittany Harris opened the quarter to give the Cats a one point lead, which was the last lead the girls enjoyed. A number of times the Angels lead dropped to only one point, but the Dexter Bearcats could not get the shot to fall in order to take the lead back.
St. Josepeh's Angels made free throws down the stretch and finished 13 of 15 from the charity strip. With the final free throws the Lady Cats were handed their second loss of the season 55-50.
Dexter will be back in action on Tuesday evening, January 29th as they travel to Jackson to take on the #5 ranked Saxony Lutheran Crusaders.
Game time is 6 p.m. for the JV Lady Cats with the varsity game to follow.
